I take issue with this "real job" thing. A "real job" is something you do to get reliable income. More often than not, it implies working for someone else. "

I take issue with this "real job" thing. A "real job" is something you do to get reliable income. More often than not, it implies working for someone else. "Real job" don't have to be interesting, fulfilling, or even productive. If yours is, great, but that is not their main function. Their main function is to get you to pay the bills. Hence my issue with the qualifier: "real". "Real" implies something inherently good, or at least better than the alternative. It also implies the alternative isn't "real", meaning it has less or no value. Add enough confusion, and you get a moral imperative to work your ass off for a boss that doesn't care about you, instead of creating pieces of art. This way of thinking would lead to a bleak world. We should say "real job" less often —if at all.